President Xi calls for targeted policies to combat poverty in old revolutionary zones

Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, called for more policy efforts to lift people out of sickness-caused poverty in rural areas. During an inspection tour at Jinzhai county in central China’s Anhui Province on Sunday, which used to be an old revolutionary zone but now an officially registered underdeveloped county, Xi said illness incurs expensive treatment and remains a major cause that drags suburban residents back to impoverishment. He pointed to the need for long-term and targeted measures to deal with the problem spot on.

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